Common Sense Principles Most People Learn Too Late
Reality has limits. Scams don’t. Shortcuts promising wealth, health, or success without effort depends on someone else being naïve.
What people do is more honest than what they say. Patterns matter more than apologies.
The law sets the minimum standard, not the intelligent one.
Shortcuts often move the problem into the future — with interest.
Confusion is not consent.
Avoidance and delay are responses, even if unspoken.
Low price and low cost are not the same thing.
Strong emotion is a poor environment for good decisions.
Practice saves you when theory fails.
Delay is a decision.
Some arguments only exist to drain time and energy.
Mutual effort is visible.
Large numbers can still be wrong.
Complexity impresses; simplicity lasts.
Not all opinions deserve equal weight.
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Common sense is not rare — using it is.
Approved by The Academy of Common Sense